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11. IOR/R/15/1/209

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/209
Title:
‘File 5/168 V Manumission of slaves on Arab Coast: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume is comprised of correspondence related to twenty-four manumission or other slave-related cases, received by the Political Residency from the Political Agents at Bahrain, Sharjah and Muscat. The majority of the cases are of a straightforward nature. The Political Residency received the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1931-26 Jun 1936
Extent:

1 volume (277 folios)

12. IOR/R/15/1/210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/210
Title:
File 5/168 VI Manumission of slaves on Arab Coast: individual cases
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to 26 manumission cases, received by the Bushire Political Residency from the Political Agents on the Arab Coast. The majority of cases originate from the Native Agent at Sharjah ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi), who sends his correspondence via the Political Agent in Bahrain. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1936-11 Nov 1938
Extent:

1 volume (287 folios)

13. IOR/R/15/1/211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/211
Title:
File 5/168 VII Manumission of slaves on Arab Coast: individual cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains in excess of 120 manumission statements, taken down by the Residency Agent ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi) at Sharjah between July 1938 and June 1939. Correspondence accompanying the statements sent by al-Razzaq includes details of the appearance of slaves as an indication of possibl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1938-28 Jun 1939
Extent:

1 volume (340 folios)

14. IOR/R/15/1/212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/212
Title:
File 5/168 VIII Manumission of slaves on Arab Coast: individual cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to in excess of 100 manumission requests heard by the Residency Agent at Sharjah ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi). The manumission statements were sent to the Political Resident for reference purposes only, all decisions on manumission cases in Sharjah now bein...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1939-13 Dec 1940
Extent:

1 volume (203 folios)

15. IOR/R/15/1/213

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/213
Title:
‘File 5/183 (D 31) Manumission of slaves at Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in the volume is related to a number of manumission cases involving Kuwaiti subjects heard between 1907 and 1909, either in Kuwait, or in another of the Political Agencies in the Gulf. A significant proportion of the file comprises correspondence between the Political Resident (Ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
22 Oct 1907-18 Oct 1920
Extent:

1 volume (66 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/1/214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/214
Title:
‘File 5/187 I – Proclamation prohibiting slave trade’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of covering letters sent with copies of the 1873 Slave Trade Proclamation, which was reissued on an annual basis. The letters were sent by Bushire Political Residency staff to a range of British representatives around the Gulf, including the Political Agents (Bahrain, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kanarese, and Marathi
Date Range:
18 Jan 1913-31 Jan 1938
Extent:

One volume (158 folios)

17. IOR/R/15/1/215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/215
Title:
‘File 5/188 I, 189 I Expenses incurred as a result of slaves taking refuge in consulates and agencies; manumission of slaves and general treatment of slave trade cases’
Scope & Content:
The first part of the volume contains correspondence to and from the Political Residency between 1912 and 1927, relating to the costs of providing refuge to slaves seeking manumission, incurred by the Persian Gulf Political Agencies and Consulates. Letters between the Treasury of the Government ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1910-9 Jun 1939
Extent:

One volume (149 folios)

18. IOR/R/15/1/216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/216
Title:
‘File 5/190 II Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to thirty-seven manumission cases heard at the Political Agency in Muscat. During the period covered by the file, seven different individuals held the post of Political Agent at Muscat. Most of the cases are straightforward affairs, in which the Muscat ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1921-11 May 1929
Extent:

1 volume (523 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/1/217

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/217
Title:
‘File 5/190 III Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains thirty-nine manumission subjects, each one involving the manumission request of one or more slaves, who had sought refuge at the Political Agency in Muscat (then under the charge of Major G. Murphy). Each manumission case follows a very similar pattern. Murphy sent a copy of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1929-32 Dec 1932
Extent:

One volume (353 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/1/218

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/218
Title:
File 5/190 IV Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to thirty-eight manumission cases, heard at the Political Agency in Muscat. All cases involve slaves who had absconded from the Trucial Coast, or slavery related incidents on the Trucial Coast. All cases were therefore referred to the Residency Agent a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1933-30 Nov 1935
Extent:

1 volume (301 folios)